Pressure’s on Peyton Manning – Jeff Howe – Howe writes that the best way to stifle Peyton Manning is to force him to think his way through every progression of every play, and fans canĀ take the Patriotsā Week 12 game plan for the Denver Broncos quarterback as an example.

Tom Brady sent back to sick bed – Karen Guregian – Guregian looks at Brady being sent home yesterday after feeling sick enough for it to have been necessary.

Notebook: LeGarrette Blount unfazed – Jeff Howe – Howe files his notebook this morning, which leads off with the fact that Blount’s picture ending up on the cover of SI, but he’s not getting too wrapped up in that.

A fly route for Wes Welker – Adam Kurkjian – Kurkjian writes that Wes Welker thinks it’s best not to “overanalyze” anything that happened during the team’s week 12 meeting.

DT Siliga nearly joined Broncos again – Mike Reiss – Reiss writes that defensive tackle Sealver Siliga was with the Broncos from 2011 through the end of camp this year, and the Broncos tried to sign him off New England’s practice squad Ā but the Patriots blocked the move.

Picked-up pieces from Patriots – Mike Reiss – Reiss has his wrap up from Wednesday and writes that there was so much going on at Gillette Stadium yesterday it was almost too much.

Curran: Pats need to move Manning – Tom Curran believes one key to this game is making sure that the Patriots keep Manning from being too comfortable and moving off his spot.

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Patriots rookie LB Jamie Collins, who has quietly been a star in practices, is on the brink of breaking out – Nick Underhill – Underhill writes that it didn’t take his teammates long to see it, but Collins is a natural athlete.

Why Belichick Really Is a Mad Scientist – Jonathan Clegg and Kevin Clark – In this piece Clark and Clegg look at some of the tactics used by Belichick in replicating some of the game’s best players in practice.